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Corrie Chen is a Taiwanese-Australian filmmaker, writer, and director. She is known for her work on New Gold Mountain and Bad Behaviour.
A graduate of the VCA school of Film & TV, Corrie’s work ranges from comedy to drama, fiction to documentary. To foster her love affair with television, she has previously shadowed directors on the Emmy-award winning Nowhere Boys, AACTA award winning Peter Allen, and on the groundbreaking final season of HBO’s The Leftovers.
Corrie Chen. Director: Wonder Boy. Corrie Chen is known for Wonder Boy (2010), Reg Makes Contact (2015) and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010).
- Director, Producer, Additional Crew
- Corrie Chen
- Perseverance and Luck
- A Lot of Bananas in Pyjamas and Sesame Street
- Ticking The Diversity Boxes
- Clara Law’s Floating Life – An Inspiration
- Koalas, Blow-Up Kangaroos and Cheese Sandwiches in Taiwan
- Corrie Chen’s Tips For Those Just Starting Out
‘My agent Jennifer Naughton, who I’ve known since my first year out of VCA, has really helped shape my career, and I remember her saying to me that it would probably take five years to get my first job. At the time I was like, OMG, no way. But she was wrong. It took sixyears!’ What’s a young filmmaker supposed to do in those years? ‘Fuck, it takes ...
‘I learnt by watching television, and mostly the ABC,’ says Chen. ‘I watched a lot of Bananas in Pyjamas and a lot of Sesame Street. I was raised on television. It was like another family member to me. Because of the language barrier, by the time I did get to school I really struggled making friends as well, but ABC and TV in general was such a big...
Chen says she’s aware she needs to make hay while the sun shines. ‘I’ve realised this year that I have to really take advantage of this privileged time that we are in at the moment where someone like me might be sought after because I’m sort of ticking the boxes.’ The boxes she’s talking about are of course, gender diversity, racial diversity and t...
It’s not surprising that one of Chen’s favourite Australian films is Clara Law’s Floating Life (1996, also known as Fu Sheng), the moving story of a Hong Kong family migrating to Sydney. ‘I saw it in my very early 20s in my first year at VCA,’ she says. ‘It was the first time I’d seen an Australian screen story that had somebody in it that looked l...
Listening to Chen tell hilarious stories of her childhood, you can’t help hoping she gets to make an autobiographical comedy one day. ‘I come from a very long line of Asian stereotypes,’ she says. ‘My grandad was a rice farmer, my parents are small business owners, entrepreneurs. I don’t know where it started but my whole life I’ve known they were ...
Consider how much you actually want it, and if that desire is enough. I don’t think I realised how hard it was going to be, how much you actually have to sacrifice and what you give up in your pers...Remember this is a relationships business, and you only get traction if people want to work with you again. I have been lucky to have all these champions at funding bodies, certain producers, remin...Once you find those people, your tribe, hang onto them for dear life.- Rochelle Siemienowicz
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Incredible news! Corrie won the ADG award for outstanding direction in a documentary (stand-alone). It was a fantastic night, and yes, she is still cuddling the trophy. Here is Variety’s coverage of the night, including a full list of winners.
There were a lot of firsts for Melbourne director Corrie Chen when she took on New Gold Mountain. A lavish SBS-produced limited series exploring the integral role of Chinese immigrants in the Gold Rush, the sprawling murder mystery is the biggest project of her career to date, and her first period drama.
